Word: parallele
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...family. Perhaps Hellman was thinking of her own close relationship with her father--it's easy to get Freudian here--whom she knew to be unfaithful to her mother, a fact which may have repelled her and attracted her at the same time. But a more obvious parallel to the Regina-Marcus affair would be the relationship Hellman had with her uncle, her first love. When she was fourteen or fifteen he whisked her off impulsively on a fishing trip to the bayou, where he was conducting an affair with a Cajun girl, and when they met again...
...they have furnished 50% of Israel's domestic petroleum requirements. Egypt will resume operation of the fields, acquiring access to them over an Egyptian-controlled highway along the Gulf of Suez coast. Israel will service its troops remaining in the area by means of a parallel road. In places where the two roads come close to each other, Israel will build detours in order to avoid incidents. The U.S., meanwhile, will guarantee Israel alternative oil supplies...
...years ago, Wallace now has no feeling in his legs, but he noticed a swelling and felt a slight rise in temperature. After taking X rays, Hutchinson theorized that his patient broke the shinbone while riding his electric exercise bicycle or during one of his therapy sessions on the parallel bars. At any rate, Wallace now faces not only his normal wheelchair confinement, but also six weeks in a cast. No one, presumably, will be allowed to autograph...
...China into full-scale war. It was 25 years ago this week that a massive North Korean invasion force, supplied and encouraged by the Soviet Union, swept across the DMZ and threatened to run the South's defenders right off the peninsula. On both sides of the 38th parallel, which divides the country, Koreans preparing to note the anniversary of the conflict do so with more fear and uncertainty than they have felt in many years...
...Shut down city activities that duplicate or closely parallel other agencies. Among the candidates for elimination: the Municipal Broadcasting System, the Mayor's Office for Veteran Action, the Commission on Human Rights, the Office of Collective Bargaining...